linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part1 RFC v2 03/20] x86/sev: Add support for hypervisor feature VMGEXIT

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Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 16:40:44 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, jroedel@...e.de, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        rientjes@...gle.com, seanjc@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        hpa@...or.com, tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part1 RFC v2 03/20] x86/sev: Add support for hypervisor
 feature VMGEXIT

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 01:53:53PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> I am fine with the reduced name, I just hope that "TMR" does not create
> confusion with "Trusted Memory Region" documented in  SEV-ES firmware
> specification. Since I am working on both guest and OVMF patches
> simultaneously so its possible that I just worked on this code after
> OVMF and used the same mouthful name ;)

I'm not surprised :-)

But sure, call this

GHCB_SNP_RESTRICTED_INJ_TIMER

Still short enough.

>   I apologies for those nits.

Oh, it's not a nit - it pays off later when chasing bugs and one is
trying to swap in the whole situation back into her/his L1. :-)

> Sure, I will send prepatch.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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